Asset Management in Theory and Practice: An Introduction to Modern Portfolio Theory - Softcover

Hughes, Duncan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0852976208 ISBN 13: 9780852976203

Publisher: Global Professional Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

· Comprehensive but succinct introduction
· Theory is closely related to practice with real examples
This succinct guide introduces the reader to the asset management industry and gives an insight in to the real-life environment in which fund managers work. The theories of diversification, managing of risks, immunising portfolios against interest rate changes are here related to the practices of real asset management firms and the many constraints under which they work. It represents a comprehensive introduction to the real workings of equity, bond and other asset management to investment strategy.

About this title

About the Author

Duncan Hughes is Manager of front office support for Scudder Threadneedle Asset Management. His previous experience includes time spent at Rothschild, BZW, and Irish Life Asset Managers. He is a past winner of the IIMR Institute prize for Statistics and Financial Mathematics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Global Professional Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852976208
• ISBN 13: 9780852976203
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250